Beauty - the Jewish girl Judith had it in abundance. When Ctesiphon, the Roman soldier saw her for the first time, he was so struck with her beauty that he forgot to ask her name - and then she was running away from his frank admiration, afraid because of the wakening love in her own heart. — The next time Ctesiphon saw Judith, he did not even re... more »member her, for in the interim, her beauty had been marred and broken by a cruel fall, and an equally cruel master. That was when Pontius Pilate bought Judith as his daughter's personal maid.

From the opening pages, Mrs. Bell's novel vibrates with a stirring and heartwarming romance - the broken Judith's seeming love for Ctesiphon. You will be thrilled when Judith and her Roman soldier meet Jesus of Nazareth. Despite the cruel persecution of their day, they found happiness in Jesus. Throughout this book, you will meet many familiar Bible characters as you are swept along into these fast-moving pages.« less